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Thanks to TPP, Canada Could Get Caught in Global Privacy Battle
Thanks to TPP, Canada Could Get Caught in Global Privacy Battle Trade deal coupled with EU court decision could spell trouble for our laws. Two unconnected developments — a recent European privacy decision and the TPP — could create a major Canadian privacy problem. Privacy photo via Shutterstock. Amazon’s announcement last week that it plans to establish […]
CISA Is Now The Law: How Congress Quietly Passed The Second Patriot Act
CISA Is Now The Law: How Congress Quietly Passed The Second Patriot Act Back in 2014, civil liberties and privacy advocates were up in arms when the government tried to quietly push through the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, or CISA, a law which would allow federal agencies – including the NSA – to share cybersecurity, […]
Post Paris, Are Canada’s Internet Privacy Laws at Risk?
Post Paris, Are Canada’s Internet Privacy Laws at Risk? Attacks may renew calls to go beyond Bill C-51 and restrict encryption technologies. The Paris attacks have also escalated calls to reconsider plans to reform Canadian privacy and surveillance law, a key election promise from the Trudeau government. Photo by Garry Knight, Creative Commons licensed. As […]
Edward Snowden Explains How to Reclaim Your Privacy
Edward Snowden Explains How to Reclaim Your Privacy LAST MONTH, I met Edward Snowden in a hotel in central Moscow, just blocks away from Red Square. It was the first time we’d met in person; he first emailed me nearly two years earlier, and we eventually created an encrypted channel to journalists Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald, to whom Snowden would disclose […]
U.K. Government Proposes More, Not Less, Electronic Snooping
U.K. Government Proposes More, Not Less, Electronic Snooping Two years after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the vast reach of U.S. and U.K. surveillance, the U.S. Congress rolled back the most manifestly unconstitutional element: the bulk collection of domestic phone data. The U.K. government, on Wednesday, chose to double down instead. The newly unveiled text of what critics are […]
Privacy Advocates Raise Alarm Over Snapchat’s Updated Terms of Service – Calling it “Scary”
Privacy Advocates Raise Alarm Over Snapchat’s Updated Terms of Service – Calling it “Scary” Snapchat related concerns aren’t new to Liberty Blitzkrieg readers. In case you missed the following previously published posts: HBO and Snapchat are Actively Working with the U.S. Government to Create Propaganda Snapchat Hacked – At Least 100,000 Photos at Risk Today there’s a […]
The Loss of All Liberty Is Coming Faster Than You Imagined
The Loss of All Liberty Is Coming Faster Than You Imagined UK Prime Minister David Cameron reflects the serious problem we have with politicians. Politicians have ZERO respect for our human rights for they only think about how they are going to raid our wealth to pay for their families and retirements at our expense. Cameron actually […]
Veiled TPP Deal Holds Hidden Privacy Risks
Veiled TPP Deal Holds Hidden Privacy Risks It would restrict governments from creating safeguards for your sensitive data. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive trade agreement that covers nearly 40 per cent of world GDP, wrapped up years of negotiation earlier this month. The TPP immediately emerged as an election issue, with the Conservatives trumpeting […]
Ranking the Peasants – China Introduces Orwellian “Citizen Scores”
Ranking the Peasants – China Introduces Orwellian “Citizen Scores” The following is extraordinarily creepy and disturbing. It’s also extremely clever, from a jackbooted, fascist thug perspective. When massive censorship itself isn’t enough… TechDirt reports: China’s plan to control the hearts, minds and internet connections of its citizens continues unimpeded. That’s the great thing about authoritarian regimes: rollout […]
California Mayor Forced to Hand Over Electronics and Passwords at Airport – Compares U.S. to Nazi Germany
California Mayor Forced to Hand Over Electronics and Passwords at Airport – Compares U.S. to Nazi Germany “I think the American people should be extremely concerned about their personal rights and privacy. As I was being searched at the airport, there was a Latino couple to my left, and an Asian couple to my right […]
The Facebook of the Future Has Privacy Implications Today
The Facebook of the Future Has Privacy Implications Today It’s well established that joining a social network means trading privacy for information. Your Facebook friends, for example, get to see that picture of you looking like you might be stoned, and you get to “like” their posts celebrating the legalization of marijuana in Washington and Colorado. Or, […]
Fall Election Presents Three Internet Privacy Futures
Fall Election Presents Three Internet Privacy Futures Here’s why Canadians should press candidates about warrantless data access. Warranted concern: This election could determine the future path of Canadian law on access to internet subscriber information. Canada’s controversial anti-terrorism bill, Bill C-51, has emerged as a key talking point in the current election campaign. Pointing […]
After Summer of Drone Dramas, BC Calls for Crackdown
After Summer of Drone Dramas, BC Calls for Crackdown Province tells feds all UAVs should be registered and pilots certified. The British Columbia government wants all drones to be registered and pilots certified, according to a submission to a federal panel looking at the expanding technology. Whether it’s reports of near-misses with airplanes or spying […]
